RGCON 2023: CURING CANCER IN CHILDREN & ADOLESCENTS

RGCIRC organized RGCON 2023, 21^st Annual International Conference on 24^th – 26^th February 2023 at Hotel Crowne Plaza, Rohini, Delhi. The theme for this year was Curing Cancer in Children & Adolescents.

The Scientific program of RGCON 2023 was designed so as to involve all the multidisciplinary teams that are required to treat a child with cancer. Efforts were made to make it clinically relevant and update the participants about the basics and latest innovations in the field of pediatric oncology. We conducted eight workshops covering different aspects of childhood cancer and thus highlighting and emphasizing the importance of multidisciplinary care in management of these diseases. We had eleven international childhood cancer experts from all over the world to share their expertise, knowledge, insight, and experience with all the participants. We received overwhelming response from all over the country and it’s a testimony to the quality of our scientific program. The conference had 180 faculties and more than 600 delegate registrations which speak of the enthusiasm about the conference. All the scientific deliberations and workshops were highly appreciated by the participants.

Overall it was a grand success and a great networking opportunity for the entire fraternity of Pediatric Oncology of India to learn and collaborate with each other and experts from abroad.

The inaugural ceremony began with a melodious Saraswati Vandana which was followed by lamp lighting by the dignitaries. The chief guest Dr. Vaskar Saha, Director, Tata Translational Cancer Research Centre, Kolkata; gave a very thought provoking inaugural address and he was felicitated. Thereafter the “Aashayein Newsletter” by childhood cancer survivors was released. The annual research awards of RGCIRC were then announced. In the end, there was a mesmerising cultural program by the childhood cancer survivors and hospital staff which left many in the audience teary eyed, and received a standing ovation.

Highlights of the RGCON 2023

• Workshops were on various topics – total of eight
• Alumni meet with social program by all departments followed by a rocking high octane live music band
• Two Newsletters one by Alumni and second by Survivors
• High content scientific program with eminent International and National faculty touching on recent advances as well as awareness and sensitisation of Pediatricians
• Inauguration followed by cultural program by cancer survivors which received a standing ovation